Brown lentils
Brown lentil
Brown lentils are dried, lens-shaped seeds used in soups, stews, salads, and other cooked dishes, generally becoming tender while retaining their shape.
About Brown lentil
Brown lentils are dried lentil seeds with brown-toned outer coats; the term covers a common colour class rather than one precisely defined cultivar. The small, lens-shaped seeds cook to a tender texture and often hold their shape, with a mild, earthy flavour. Colour and cooking behaviour can vary among varieties and with age.
They are widely used in soups, stews, salads, and other cooked pulse preparations. Brown lentils are usually sold dried, though cooked or canned forms are also available. Dry seeds, cooked lentils, and canned lentils differ in water content and processing, so their nutrition should be compared by form and drained state.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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brown lentil (cooked)
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brown lentil (dried)
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Brown lentil nutrition & diet
Brown lentil nutritional value
Reference: Lentil whole, brown
Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.
- Calories
- 299kcal
- Protein
- 22.5g
- Carbs
- 48.5g
- Fat
- 0.6g
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Dietary compatibility
- VeganNot established
- VegetarianNot established
- PescatarianNot established
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Vegetarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
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- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 — B014 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
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